pretendre
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin praetendere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pretendre (first-person singular present pretenc, first-person singular preterite pretenguí, past participle pretès); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to pursue, to seek
- (transitive) to claim
- (intransitive) to aspire [+ a (object) = to]
- Synonym: aspirar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pretendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pretendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French pretendre, borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.
Verb edit
pretendre
- to claim
Descendants edit
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō.
Verb edit
pretendre
- to claim
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of pretendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | pretendre | avoir pretendu | |||||
gerund | en pretendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | pretendant | ||||||
past participle | pretendu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | pretent | pretenz | pretent | pretendons | pretendez | pretendent |
imperfect | pretendoie, pretendeie | pretendoies, pretendeies | pretendoit, pretendeit | pretendiiens, pretendiens | pretendiiez, pretendiez | pretendoient, pretendeient | |
preterite | pretendi | pretendis | pretendié | pretendimes | pretendistes | pretendierent | |
future | pretendrai | pretendras | pretendra | pretendrons | pretendroiz, pretendreiz, pretendrez | pretendront | |
conditional | pretendroie, pretendreie | pretendroies, pretendreies | pretendroit, pretendreit | pretendriiens, pretendriens | pretendriiez, pretendriez | pretendroient, pretendreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | pretende | pretendes | pretende | pretendons | pretendez | pretendent |
imperfect | pretendisse | pretendisses | pretendist | pretendissons, pretendissiens | pretendissoiz, pretendissez, pretendissiez | pretendissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | pretent | — | pretendons | pretendez | — |